Coddett contended instead thatSNLs diversity problems were endemic and ingrained.
Less than a month later, a rep fromSaturday Night Liveinvited Coddett to audition for the show.
I didnt know anything about the audition until I got there, she told EW in an interview Wednesday.
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And thats what it was.
It kind of sucks that now we cant separate our race or our gender from our talent.
Were just comics first.
It was a very supportive group, remembers Coddett.
Whether it was a performance or not, she says, it felt sincere.
Neither Coddett nor Shepherd ended up getting hired bySNL.
Its the same thing that I saw when they broughtKerry Washingtonon.
And Im just like, Yeah, were interchangeable.
Thats what it is.')
Its easy to see why viewers hold it to such a high standard.
We want her to be represented as funny, equal to all of her counterparts.
Shepherd is simply expecting funny.
(Hes also worked with Zamata before; she played a black hipster in aTotally Biasedsketchlast year.)
You know, thank God we couldnt live-tweet Jackie Robinsons first at-bat in major league baseball, adds Bell.
Maybe he would have folded under the pressure.
